Lord Frostecs

Pokemon: Valkyrie League!

I'm half tempted to give Kitsi the ability to speak, but she speaks in like Latin or something and someone has to act as a translator for her. The idea of a Pokemon speaking but only a few people being able to understand her seems fun to me, I'm not entirely sure why.

Pokemon: Valkyrie League!

Injury arcs are especially fun, gives you a good idea as to how a character will act when they're not doing so hot! It's easy to imagine a character when they're at their best, but thinking of how they'd act when they're wounded can lead to some interesting development!

Pokemon: Valkyrie League!

@Lord Frostecs
This looks great, I will finish reading it soon. Be aware though, I already drummed up a lot of interest in the check, so there is a lot of competition. I think there is another person running this idea as we speak!

@Birdboy

Well, hey, I'm hoping Mr. Volkov here at least gets accepted! He's an old OC who's gone through multiple iterations and I think I've finally abandoned the whole 'edgy' aspect of his design and instead leaned hard on the tragic. I personally think at least appearance-wise, he's the most abnormal, so I'd get if he doesn't get much interest. But on that regard... Blame Stahlblatt! The crystals tend to have an influence on folks there! And any mention I get to make of Evilane is always good. :3

Pokemon: Valkyrie League!

Woah, this looks fascinating! You certainly have my interest! What a fantastic time to return to RPG! Mind if I join? If so, here's my sheet!

Doctor Volkov

Name: Adolphian Volkov

Age: 25

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Trainer Type: Scientist/Doctor

Hometown: Region of Stahlblatt, settlement of Anfangstown.

Appearance: (As I have no proper ref for him, we shall go with a written description.) Adolphian stands at roughly 170 centimetres(5 feet, 7 inches). He is rather meek and lithe, having a sort of mouse-like air to him. His skin is pale with a slight blue-purple tint to him. His eyes are a bright cyanish colour and almost seem to glow when he's experiencing intense emotion, though they're almost always hidden behind a ruby red visor. His hair is brown with streaks of red and green, reminiscent of rainbow eucalyptus. Finally, he wears a black labcoat with a dark blue undershirt. On his lapel he has a brass pin in the shape of some sort of planet with a comet burning overhead. Overlaid onto the planet pin is the letters NCI in a metallic white, with the I tucked into the C. His trousers are black and he wears a pair of black work boots with blue laces. Oh his right cheek is an oddly isometric birthmark in a slightly bluish colour, shaped like a revive. Finally, his right hand is mechanical. However, it is almost always covered with a glove with a sparkling crystal embedded into the dorsum area.

Personality: Adolphian is typically analytical and cold, treating strangers with distrust and suspicion. However, if someone were to suffer an injury, he'd jump into action and attempt to treat them as best as he could. Though he's generally fearful of people upon first meeting them, he loathes to see people in pain and will do what he can to ensure their safety and returning them to what they were doing previously. However, once one gets to know him and gain his trust, while still cold, he shows a fragile sort underneath. Otherwise kind and caring, he puts on a visage of ice as a defence mechanism. Once one learns about the Adolphian underneath the nevermeltice, they'd find a damaged man who simply makes measures to reduce getting hurt further. In fact, he's quite protective over those he cares about and will show little mercy to those who take enjoyment in those he deems innocent. While he dislikes most people however, he has a great passion for Pokemon. He has a sort of affinity with them and has a tendency to go into the wild simply to be around Pokemon.

History: Adolphian comes from a rather unique region. He was born at the end of a great war between the two great powers of the 'great crater island' and though he was young, witnessing the two regions of Eisenblatt and Rukala unite and form Stahlblatt as it is known today left a great mark on him. He went from following his parents and hiding in a bunker to hide from attacking Pokemon outfitted for war to witnessing a nation rebuild itself under the ideals of unity. As he came of age, his initial goal was to work in a laboratory. Eventually, he got an apprenticeship under the regional professor, known simply as Doktor Hertz, due to his experiments in electricity. For a long time, the only Pokemon Adolphian had were a Shinx gifted to him by the professor, and a Vulpix, whom he found wounded in the wilderness and subsequently nursed back to health.

However, disaster struck when one of the professor's experiments went horribly wrong. He attempted to utilize an unusually energetic type of crystals found in the caves of Stahlblatt and in a catastrophic event, the laboratory was left naught but a pile of rubble while the two were still working. While the professor remarkably suffered only minor injuries, Adolphian was left with major injuries and brain damage which was eventually overcome. Due to the damage to his hand and an unfortunate rapidly spreading infection, his right hand had to be amputated. Fortunately however, he was able to get it replaced with an advanced robotic. Due to damage to his cardiac system, he also had to get a cardiac regulator installed. While it certainly helps his heart, it does mean powerful electric shocks are dangerous to him. Regrettably, he saw the worst of people during his recovery and was often verbally abused and bullied due to both his difficulties in speech and changes after the incident.

Following his recovery, he attempted to avoid physical contact as much as possible, his only contacts being his co-workers and the occasional check-up by doctors who wished to view his recovery. It wasn't until an old colleague and close friend of his made contact. Evilane, as she was called, had always had a great interest in the trainer lifestyle and took the first chance she had to travel the world. After returning to Stahlblatt, she had revealed to Adolphian that she had made incredible progress in her career as a trainer and had become revered across the world as a champion-level trainer, and a darn good one at that. With Evilane's encouragement, Adolphian finally ended his partial isolation and decided to take the life of a trainer more seriously. He took on a few new party members and while he never went more than a party of 6, he knew that he had to make his old friend proud. One day, he'd challenge her to a battle, and even if he lost, he'd show not just her, but the entire world just how much he'd grown since then. The world is but a stage, and the doctor-turned-trainer was going to shine!

Goals: After the fateful encounter with Evilane, Adolphian has become dedicated to growing the abilities of both himself as a trainer and raising a powerful team. He dreams of challenging her to a battle, and thus came to

Team:
Female Ninetales, nickname Kitsi.
Endurance: D-
Power: C+
Speed: B+
Adaptability: D+
Potential: C
Personality: Kitsi is incredibly affectionate and definitely the leader figure of the group. While Adolphian attempts to remain distant from others, Kitsi often attempts to put a spanner in the works, so to speak. She will attempt to encourage both her trainer and fellow team members to interact with others, even going as far to try to get into a bit of trouble to get Adolphian to interact. With younger Pokemon, she acts as a sort of motherly figure, giving affection and care, especially if she feels they're lonely. However if she feels as though a trainer is treating their Pokemon improperly(god forbid she meets an abusive trainer), she'll attempt to avoid them. If they attempt interaction, she'll glare at them and refuse to battle, even if challenged. She's not much of a fan of battling, however, she will battle if it's a simple friendly spar. And if someone who she deems worthy is in danger, she'll do everything possible to convince her trainer and team to protect them. Though not a powerful battler, she's skilled in trickery and tries to outwit her opponents in battle.

Female Luxray, nickname Don Krieger(alteration of the words 'Warrior of Thunder' in German. Original is 'Krieger der donner').
Endurance: B
Power: B-
Speed: A
Adaptability: D-
Potential: B+
Personality: Don, while protective of Adolphian like the others, reflects his distance. Unless Adolphian trusts someone, she'll attempt to minimize interaction with others. She's quiet and her bright red eyes pierce into one as if she can see straight through them, and considering her unique vision, it's very possible she could. Luxray are said to have xray vision and she certainly does. While affectionate towards her trainer, even trainers that he trusts are much less likely to recieve positive attention as any of his other Pokemon. Ever since the incident, she's remained by the side of Adolphian and will protect him and the rest of his team, even if it endangers her life. When battling, she can be a bit reckless, heading into battles at full force. However, she's quite intelligent and keen on learning new strategies, so long as it means she can protect her fellow team better.

Male Staraptor, nickname Kielak(named after Artur Kielak, the Polish pilot.)
Endurance: B+
Power: B-
Speed: S-
Adaptability: B
Potential: C+
Kielak is one of Adolphian's most recent additions, having been rescued as a Staravia. He remains loyal to Adolphian, believing life to be safer by his side than remaining a wild Pokemon. While he's not used to battling, he's quite strong and able to take a good few hits before being taken down. While in a friendly battle, he lazes about a bit and doesn't often take battles as seriously as he should. However, he can get quite competitive and when the battles get tough or he wants to show off, he attacks with no mercy. Unfortunately for him, this reckless behavior comes at the risk of himself. He's prone to self damage and even putting risk to the trainers in battle. Adolphian has had to step in to prevent Kielak from 'seeing red' on more than one occasion.

Female Gardevoir, nickname Lekarzie(named after the Polish word for mercy, being Lekarz)
Endurance: D
Power: A+
Speed: B-
Adaptability: S+
Potential: B
Lekarzie is certainly the moral guide of the group. While Kitsi proves quite affectionate to the other members, Lekarzie's abilities as a psychic type as well as her past as the former Pokemon of a retired psychologist leads to her getting an innate understanding of the issues bothering those around her. When not in battle, she often leaves Adolphian's side to help people who she can sense might need someone to talk to, or simply a positive support. However, when she's needed to help in battle, she's a sort of glass cannon. Her attacks are powerful and varied enough that she's useful in a variety of situations. She also has a limited ability to understand her opponent. While in the heat of battle, her foresight isn't too useful, she can at least get an upper hand, especially in trainers who prove to be the slow and calculating type. Though she's quite weak defensively, she does her best to ensure battles are finished as quickly as possible to reduce any potential suffering. She also has strong healing abilities, and though she's unfortunately unable to heal herself, she makes for a fantastic partner for Adolphian during when he is assisting a patient.

Male Lucario, nicknamed Toddbringer(named after the Warhammer Fantasy character. Not really a warhammer fan[it's such an expensive hobby...] but I just want an escuse to go 'I CHOOSE YOU, FUCKING TODDY!')
Endurance: S+
Power: B-
Speed: C
Adaptability: C+
Potential: A+
Personality: Toddbringer is designed like a tank, with a speed to match. He's not very social and tends to prefer to sit quietly and observe, giving the occasional vocalization when necessary. He's the calm and calculated type, his mind analytical and spending time to observe. With Lekarzie's help as a communicator, he's assisted Adolphian with his research and studies. Ever since he hatched from an egg, he's always taken an interest in Adolphian's work and aspires to help him in any way possible. Though not big on battling, he takes each battle as an opportunity to learn. He might struggle with a trainer on the first match, a rematch allows him to utilize what he learned the first time and press any weaknesses he finds. While all the Pokemon in the team have a necklace with a crystal taken from the Stahlblatt caverns as a means of identification, Toddbringer's chest horn has been embedded with a crystal tip. Though Adolphian would claim that it's natural, it was Toddbringer's idea after the tip of the horn broke off during a particularly intense fight.

Female Meowstic with the appearance of a Male, nickname Herzinfarkt(German for 'heart attack', named so due to the fact it would have given Adolphian a heart attack upon their first meeting if he didn't have a cardiac regulator. Poor guy got jumpscared by the bloody thing.)
Endurance: C-
Power: B+
Speed: S
Adaptability: C
Potential: B-
Personality: Herzinfarkt is quite a tricksy creature. Originally coming from the arboreal forests of low Stahlblatt, she took notice of Adolphian during his many trips alone. Taking an interest in the unusual scientist, she watched him from a distance. Unusually, though she was female, she appeared male. Being a unique anomaly, she was no stranger to sciency types wishing to capture her for study. However, Adolphian was different. He never captured Pokemon against their will, unlike other trainers. He had an aura to him that she'd never seen in a trainer as well. As such, she eventually decided to sneak up on the unsuspecting trainer and jumped him, trying to gauge how he'd react. Of course, she scared the living daylights out of him. And after eventually convincing him to take her with him on his journey, she uses her same trickery to fool opponents. Her psychic abilities allow her to use a variety of means to confuse and disorient her opponents using things from mind games to illusions. When she's managed to get her foe confused enough, she strikes at them with her powerful attacks. Though she's not as well liked by the rest of the team due to her tendency to play pranks on them, she's seen as more of a goofball than any sort of annoyance.

Bonus content!

Theme song: youtube.com/watch?v=6-z428LjN44

Theme song after a few pints(don't let him drink, you'll learn how to curse in very creative ways): youtube.com/watch?v=jtCGHlt4MQc

Battle theme: youtube.com/watch?v=qtHCxKbvxVw

Graveyard Orbit

I've edited Flirn to remove the neural implant, but kept the mental compromise. My justification is that while they managed to heal him, the trauma was extensive enough that it changed him permanently. Is that okay?

Graveyard Orbit

Sorry, sorry, I'll fix that. I'll just give him a decorative LED that acts entirely as a vitals monitor, if that's allowed. Reasoning being that he simply thought it was cool so he had it custom made to display blood level, cardiac function(as in like heartbeat and such things), and blood-oxygen level.

Graveyard Orbit

Flirn Kolvlaki

Character Description

Name: Flirn Kolvlaki

Species: Human

Sex: Yes

Age: 27

Reason for being on the ship: Flirn was unfortunately in the wrong place in the wrong time, all with the wrong people. He worked for an organization as a scrapper, helping to salvage space junk, scrap ships, and other such things. Unfortunately for him, he was completely unaware that his work turned out to be highly illegal, with the higher ups in his company taking advantage of his lack of awareness. He was co-erced into doing things of dubious legality, and other things being very much illegal. He was caught transporting highly illegal contraband to Earth, unaware of what he was transporting. While did not know of the crimes he was unwittingly committing and certainly would not have committed them if he were aware of it, he found himself on a prison ship, ready to be shipped off to a labour camp.

Appearance: Flirn is a deceptively muscular man. He is tall and lithe, standing at around 5 feet and 8 inches. While his body seems thin and weak, he carries a strength to him due to his work in heavy labour. His skin is pale and his eyes are a bright green colour. He keeps himself clean and well trimmed. A small moustache covers his top lip and a goatee covers his chin. His hairstyle is short and well groomed, often slicked back in a sort of style that would fit a business salesman. His hair colour is a dark brown. On the right side of his head, a metal implant sticks out with a set of three indicator lights. The first light is often blank while the second and third are green under normal conditions. However, when he is highly stressed or undergoing other such poor mental conditions, the first indicator light turns orange and the final light turns yellow. When he is badly injured, the first two indicator lights turn red and the last turns orange, however when he is unconscious and wounded, the last light is red. The implant however is entirely cosmetic. It serves no purpose other than to indicate mood and vitals. His right leg is synthetic, being a robotic limb covered in a synthetic layer of rubber in order to emulate skin. It has a layer of heated fluid as lubricant, in order to make it seem more like an organic limb rather than something artificial. Across the right side of his torso, he has a few jagged scars and a section of discoloured flesh. Covering his eyes is a sort of yellow-tinted opaque visor. Though he would never say the reasoning for the visor, it's safe to assume it's simply to hide his eyes.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Skills:

Higher than average strength: Flirn has worked in depth with heavy labour. He has worked years lifting heavy materials, working with bulky equipment, and breaking apart scrap. As such, he has toned muscular definition and can more effectively carry out actions requiring strength.

Skill with industrial equipment: Due to his work as a scrapper, he has intimate knowledge of industrial equipment. From large-scale industrial machinery to handheld tools. He also has quick learning in new equipment, finding it easy to learn how to safely operate equipment that's otherwise new to him.

Environmental resistance: Due to a great deal of exposure and adaptation in harsh environments, he has a strong resistance to environments and climates that might otherwise give a typical human difficulty. Though his cold resistance might be lacking, he has a great resistance to heat especially and may find his tolerance to heat stroke may make him an excellent survivalist in extreme conditions. However, he's not infallible. In incredibly harsh conditions, especially cold and/or damp environments, he may not survive as well.

Weaknesses:
Intellectually compromised: After extensive brain damage, Flirn finds himself struggling with highly complex thought and multi-level analysis. While he's mostly recovered from the injury, he still remains partially brain damaged. He was going to undergo his final neurosurgery treatment, however, being convicted as a criminal meant he was able to fully heal. He especially finds paradoxes and such things highly confusing.

Socially impaired: Flirn struggles heavily with communicating effectively and may even experience extreme social anxiety when in a large group. He struggles to communicate the words in his head and can stutter extensively. Occasionally, he may lock up in speech and be unable to speak entirely until he manages to restore his composure.

Pacifistic tendencies: Ever since the incident that lead to his brain damage, he's turned pacifistic. The thought of violence can make him sick and he tries to avoid harming anything as much as possible. If he truly must commit an act of violence in order to protect himself, he will, but he may become reclusive afterwards. He's strictly against violence and has a negative opinion of those who frequently commit acts of violence. He is very capable of defending himself, though he's incredibly unlikely he will do so.

Backstory:
Flirn was born into a rather poor, insignificant family. Though they tried their best to provide to him, he learned self-dependence from an early age. He was born in Warsaw, Poland, but his family moved to the Glasgow, Scotland when he was still a young boy, thanks to a family friend who helped them fund the immigration. His mother was plagued with health conditions and so his father worked himself to the bone to support his family. Flirn had an older brother who began working as early as he legally could, and a younger sister who was more of a freeloader than anything. His father worked for a ship parts manufacturer and brother worked in a food processing plant.

Though he loved his family very much, when he was 16, he left to go find employment and make a name for himself. He always had a fascinating for hard work and manual labour. Eventually, he managed to get a job in a warehouse hauling cargo. For a while, he felt very satisfied with his job, the exhausting labour leaving him feeling good with himself. However, when he 20, a mysterious figure offered him a new opportunity. A job as a salvage specialist, with more benefits and better pay than his previous job. The situation was rather suspicious, but Flirn, being naive and far too trusting took the job.

After working for a year planet-side, he was able to prove himself in his profession and eventually was promoted to an orbital salvage specialist, being permitted to take a shuttle into space and salvage the plentiful scrap floating around the planet. Things went well for him and he enjoyed a few years of solid work, making a name for himself in the industry. It wasn't legal work of course, but he was blissfully unaware of such things. Unfortunately, everything changed when he was involved in a horrible industrial accident. While piloting a shuttle back down to the planet, he experienced a catastrophic systems failure. While he was able to pilot the shuttle into a grove of trees that helped reduce the impact, the resulting crash left him heavily damaged, with the right side of his body especially damaged. He lived, but required immediate surgery.

Following the incident, he had to get his right leg amputated and replaced with an advanced mechanical prosthetic. He also suffered severe brain trauma. Fortunately, due to his work, he was able to afford neural regrowth surgeries. However, due to the extensive nature of the damage, he had to undergo multiple treatments. His final treatment was scheduled, which was unfortunately never undergone. He suffered headaches occasionally and very bright lights caused him physical pain. He was forever changed from the incident. He went from a kind, intelligent young man to someone of compromised intelligence, somewhat of an anxious brute. While much of him was restored, they were never truly able to recover his mind to the state it was once at. He was still dedicated to wanting to help people, though his mind had changed drastically. Unfortunately for him, this lead to his employers taking advantage of him further. Once he recovered, he returned to work. He was given jobs with far more dubiously legal and outright illegal work, all while he was completely unaware as to how he was being taken advantage of. It wasn't long before the law caught up with him and the company he worked for, with many employees getting arrested. He never knew he was doing something so awful, for the poor bloke trusted people to his own detriment. He now heads for a labour camp, while being hurt of such a horrible betrayal.

Graveyard Orbit

Nope! The only AI-like thing you'd find here is my writing style, according to some! Though I still don't understand why folks keep claiming I 'write like an AI'

Graveyard Orbit

With neural cybernetic, the concept of it is like a sort of assistant implant in his head to help overcome brain damage, so to speak. The idea was that he got into a terrible accident at one point that left him damaged enough that he had to get an implant in his mind to act as a replacement for the part of his brain that was damaged. It's also why he has a mechanical leg, because the accident also left him needing amputation in his right leg. It doesn't give him anything that's more of an advantage over anyone purely organic, but rather simply exists for flavour.

Graveyard Orbit

Ohh, this looks neat! Was Farscape an inspiration or is it just a co-incidence? You certainly have my interest! I do have a question for making a character. Are minor cybernetics allowed? I have an idea for a character, and it involves him having a neural assistant cybernetic and a mechanical leg.